Panthers Vs. Bucs From SI...game preview..

[phidelt649]

They do such a great job of not only calling pass plays to get him the ball, but they also have a deal where they call a run play and if there are eight or nine guys in the box defensively to stop the run, they have the ability and it's just between the quarterback and the receiver to call a hitch or a quick slant. Meanwhile, everybody, the other nine offensive guys on the field, they're executing the run play. They're executing the run play but the quarterback aborts the run and he just rises up and throws the ball out to Steve. It's a way offensively of saying, 'We're going to stay with this bad play, this bad run play into an eight-man front where we're not going to gain any yards because they've got one more guy than we can block; let's rise up and whip the ball out to No. 89 and see what he can do with it.'

Handsdown the longest, and oddest, explanation of a playactiojn pass I've ever seen....

[Darth Biscuit]

This piece from that article says all that I need to know about this f*ck-stick who wrote it..

"Then came that win over Carolina, a win over Seattle, and a solid four-point loss in Dallas that ended on fourth-and-five at the Cowboys 18."

He neglects to mention that it was against a Cowboys team with Brad Johnson at QB.....and I dont think anyone is going to forget how absolutely god-awful they were without Romo.

What the hell is a "solid" loss? An L is an L... we've had our share... lose by one or 50, it's still an L.

Yeah, that guy is a TB homer.

[panthers55]

We both struggle in similar ways on the road, but you can't convince any of the dipsh*ts in the national sports media that the Bucs are anything but worlds better than Carolina.

The verbiage of the author changes entirely when talking about the Bucs too. A "solid four-point loss" against the Cowboys. What? A "solid loss" against a Brad Johnson quarterbacked team? He trashes us for having to come back against the Lions and yawns at us blowing out the Saints and Chiefs, but he practically sucks Gruden off for his comeback wins over the Chiefs and Lions.

Also, he claims that our wins over Oakland, Kansas City, and Detroit came when they were in their worst shape. Those teams are a combined 5-32, what the hell does their "good shape" look like?

You are exactly right. I could have accepted that their defense is playing better than us or that they will get turnovers, pressure Jake, yada, yada, yada. But as you mention to say off handedly that the Bucs and Panthers are similar and then place one on a pedestal while trashing the other reeks of bias and justfying a conclusion with faulty examples.

It doesn't matter to me really. If we lose Monday night we will get trashed again and if we win it will be what went wrong for Tampa not what went right for us. I hope we can say we are worst 10-3 team in the NFL come Tuesday.

If people remember in 2003 and 2005 we were the underdogs in the playoffs and given little hope to win. Seems we thrive on it. I wish we were a big underdog this week as well.

[panthersphan]

"Five minutes with their schedules tells me which of these two teams is legit, and it ain't Carolina"

We play pretty much the exact same schedule...

Then they say we beat New Orleans w/o Bush and Shockey...yet they played, just like sh*t...b/c we made them play like sh*t...Shockey fumbled....we won 30-7...

I read online somewhere that we aren't very good b/c we went down to the Lions 17-0..but the guys an idiot...we went down 10-0....Tampa Bay went down 17-0! We both won, but still....that guy picked Tampa....I think it was cbssportsline.com

We win 34-0 and it's still not enough but the Bucs need OT to beat the same KC Chiefs ...some of these writers are clueless..

[panthers320]

"Secondly, I simply think Tampa, with its attacking defense and its efficient Garcia-lead offense, is built to play close games regardless of its opponents' worthiness.'

Are we not built very similar to the Bucs good defense and strong running game?

[panthers320]

"We've always said over the years that Steve Smith would be an unbelievable tailback because he's got great balance, he's a physical runner, he's real shifty, obviously he's got great speed, but he's a guy that can really do it all when he has the ball in his hands."

I know this will never happen but what would the defense do if Smith lined up in the backfield for a play or two and then either hand it off to him, screen to him, or just to confuse the defense.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

You are exactly right. I could have accepted that their defense is playing better than us or that they will get turnovers, pressure Jake, yada, yada, yada. But as you mention to say off handedly that the Bucs and Panthers are similar and then place one on a pedestal while trashing the other reeks of bias and justfying a conclusion with faulty examples.

It doesn't matter to me really. If we lose Monday night we will get trashed again and if we win it will be what went wrong for Tampa not what went right for us. I hope we can say we are worst 10-3 team in the NFL come Tuesday.

If people remember in 2003 and 2005 we were the underdogs in the playoffs and given little hope to win. Seems we thrive on it. I wish we were a big underdog this week as well.

I fondly remember Stephen A. Smith and Jim Rome spouting off for several days before the 2005 Wild Card weekend about how we had no shot at going in there and beating the Giants. Lots of talk then about how we could be looking at a Manning-Manning Super Bowl because there was just no way either the Colts or Giants were going down early. Too bad we had to light up the Giants and wreck their plans.

[OneBadassCat]

I wouldn't want Smith at RB. He's more likely to get hurt, we need him at WR. I'd be happy run a few more screen's to him. But i think they already line Smith up at RB on an occasion or two.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

"We've always said over the years that Steve Smith would be an unbelievable tailback because he's got great balance, he's a physical runner, he's real shifty, obviously he's got great speed, but he's a guy that can really do it all when he has the ball in his hands."

I know this will never happen but what would the defense do if Smith lined up in the backfield for a play or two and then either hand it off to him, screen to him, or just to confuse the defense.

I've seen him take a direct snap before. It was in the home game against the 49ers last season. Turned into a decent gain, too.

We've had success motioning him into and out of the backfield-really seems to throw defenses off. I wish we'd do it more.

[panthers320]

I wouldn't want Smith at RB. He's more likely to get hurt, we need him at WR. I'd be happy run a few more screen's to him. But i think they already line Smith up at RB on an occasion or two.

i wasnt talking about every play just maybe 1 or 2 times a game to throw the defense off. I must have missed him lining up there

[Sword]

just keep giving our team bulletin board material you idiot sports writers...

[MorgulKing]

I say all the board members should send a mandatory e-mail to this guy with his own quote, after we stomp TB on Monday night.

"EASY PICK"

[Kyle82]

It seems like the more we stay out of SI's spotlight, the better we do....let'em keep sucking on the Cowboys, Giants, and Steelers

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

I say all the board members should send a mandatory e-mail to this guy with his own quote, after we stomp TB on Monday night.

"EASY PICK"

I'm bookmarking that article. He'll be catching poo from me for sure for his half-baked analogies and weak-sauce prediction.

I bet they're running out of space on the locker room bulletin board.